The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in.

Painting contains a divine force which… makes the dead seem almost alive.

All the Frank O’Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going… it’s so chatty or something.

I don’t like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice – it makes it seem easy.

It’s so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their...

In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.

The more traditional bride still prefers white or ivory, but the young girls… seem to like the idea of using colors.

If you’re setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being...

I feel like at 50 I’ve decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.

I’ve always believed in working hard, and I’m grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I’m passionate about telling.